The inhabitants of Todday are content to live their lives in peace and quiet, until, that is, the government decides their little corner of the world would be the perfect place for a rocket launch site.
Cast
Donald Sinden
Hugh Mander
Jeannie Carson
Janet Macleod
Roland Culver
Capt Waggett
Catherine Lacey
Mrs Waggett
Noel Purcell
Father James
Ian Hunter
Air Commodore Watchorn
Duncan Macrae
Duncan Ban
Gordon Jackson
George Campbell
Jean Cadell
Mrs Campbell
Alex Mackenzie
Joseph Macleod
Carl Jaffe
Dr Hamburger
Nicholas Phipps
Andrew Wishart
Ronnie Corbett
Drooby
James Copeland
Kenny Mcleod
John Stevenson Lang
Reverend Angus
Reginald Beckwith
Mumford
Arthur Howard
Meeching
John Laurie
Capt. MacKechnie
Jack Short
Roderick
Peter Copley
Scientist
Jameson Clark
Constable Macrae
Finlay Currie
Narrator (uncredited)
Basil Dignam
R.A.F. Officer (uncredited)
Crew
Michael Relph
Director
Monja Danischewsky
Writer
Compton MacKenzie
Novel
John D. Guthridge
Editor
Reginald H. Wyer
Director of Photography
Bert Batt
Assistant Director
Earl St. John
Executive Producer
Basil Dearden
Producer
Yvonne Caffin
Costume Design
R.L. Alexander
Makeup Artist
Arthur Cox
Sound Editor
Cedric Thorpe Davie
Original Music Composer
Muir Mathieson
Music Director
Mike Fox
Clapper Loader
Jack Hanbury
Production Manager
Jack Maxsted
Art Direction
